The work produced for the Honors Creative Scholars distinction should be over and
above that produced for one’s required senior project, senior recital, senior thesis,
etc. Your creative activity should be original work. You do not want to simply redo
what has been done before. The product that results from a Scholars creative activity
is more than a class assignment. Ideally, you would like to prepare a portfolio suitable
for performance, display, or publication in an appropriate professional forum. Keep
in mind that you must complete your creative endeavor and prepare a polished product
by early-April(or early November for fall graduates). Choose your topic accordingly.
You should include the following information in your proposal, with each section labeled
accordingly for the convenience of the reader. Note that we use the term “art” in
its broadest meaning to include the visual arts, music, theatre, dance, creative writing,
etc.

 

Introduction

Lay out the creative project that you wish to pursue and suggest why it is a significant
endeavor. Summarize pertinent previous work in this field, showing the relation of
the material cited to the proposed project, documented with citations. The introduction
need not be a complete bibliography, but should indicate that the state of knowledge
of the proposed field has been surveyed. The references should be in a format consistent
with professional journals in the discipline.

 

Proposed Product

You should describe the proposed product; e.g., original paintings,sculpture, musical
scores, choreography, short stories, novella, etc.; performance measure(s) to determine
the success of the project; and plans for documentation, evaluation, and dissemination
of the creative work, as appropriate.

 

Creative Merit

The creative merit of the project should be addressed. Aspects of creative merit may
include the following:

• Potential to achieve results selected from
  • Creating art that meets the highest standards of excellence.
  • Engaging the public with diverse and excellent art.
  • Enabling participants to acquire knowledge or skills in the arts.
  • Strengthening communities through the arts.
• Appropriateness of the proposed performance measurements and their ability to demonstrate
  that the selected outcome was achieved.
• Potential impact on artists and the artistic field.
• Appropriateness of the project to Southeastern’s mission, audience, community, and/or
  constituency.

 

Summary

Briefly review what you propose to do, how you propose to do it, and what you intend
to learn, to convince readers that the activity to be done is important and has a
reasonable chance of success.